Description

There are numerous non-profit organizations that will charge consumers a minimal fee for the services they offer. HUD sponsors housing counseling agencies throughout the country that can provide advice on buying a home, renting, defaults, foreclosures, and credit issues and some may even offer assistance including debt reduction and foreclosure assistance programs for free to qualified individuals.

This listing is current as of 03/21/2019.

Pre-purchase Counseling Agencies located in MASSACHUSETTS
Agency Name: CAMBRIDGE CREDIT COUNSELING CORPORATION
Phone: 800-757-1788
Toll Free: 800-527-7595
Fax: 888-569-6707
Email: housingcounseling@cambridgecredit.org
Address: 67 Hunt Street
AGAWAM, Massachusetts 01001-1920
Counseling Services: – Financial Management/Budget Counseling
– Home Improvement and Rehabilitation Counseling
– Mortgage Delinquency and Default Resolution Counseling
– Non-Delinquency Post Purchase Workshops
– Pre-purchase Counseling
– Pre-purchase Homebuyer Education Workshops
– Rental Housing Counseling
– Rental Housing Workshops
– Reverse Mortgage Counseling
Languages: – English
– Polish
– Spanish
Affiliation: HOMEFREE – U S A
Website: http://www.cambridge-credit.org
Agency ID: 81323
Agency Name: AMERICAN CONSUMER CREDIT COUNSELING
Phone: 800-769-3571
Toll Free:
Fax:
Email: N/A
Address: 130 Rumford Ave Ste 202
Auburndale, Massachusetts 02466-1370
Counseling Services: – Financial Management/Budget Counseling
– Mortgage Delinquency and Default Resolution Counseling
– Non-Delinquency Post Purchase Workshops
– Pre-purchase Counseling
– Pre-purchase Homebuyer Education Workshops
– Reverse Mortgage Counseling
Languages: – English
Affiliation: NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR CREDIT COUNSELING, INC.
Website: http://www.consumercredit.com
Agency ID: 82426
Agency Name: ASIAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
Phone: 617-482-2380-206
Toll Free:
Fax: 617-482-3056
Email: chop@asiancdc.org
Address: 38 Oak Street
BOSTON, Massachusetts 02111-1408
Counseling Services: – Fair Housing Pre-Purchase Education Workshops
– Financial Management/Budget Counseling
– Financial, Budgeting, and Credit Workshops
– Home Improvement and Rehabilitation Counseling
– Non-Delinquency Post Purchase Workshops
– Pre-purchase Counseling
– Pre-purchase Homebuyer Education Workshops
– Rental Housing Counseling
– Rental Housing Workshops
Languages: – Cantonese
– Chinese Mandarin
– English
Affiliation: NATIONAL CAPACD
Website: www.asiancdc.org
Agency ID: 83961
Agency Name: CITIZENS’ HOUSING AND PLANNING ASSOCIATION, INC.
Phone: 617-742-0820
Toll Free: 800-466-3111
Fax: 617-742-3953
Email: kwiener@chapa.org
Address: One Beacon Street
5th Floor
BOSTON, Massachusetts 02108-3107
Counseling Services: – Fair Housing Pre-Purchase Education Workshops
– Financial Management/Budget Counseling
– Financial, Budgeting, and Credit Workshops
– Home Improvement and Rehabilitation Counseling
– Mortgage Delinquency and Default Resolution Counseling
– Non-Delinquency Post Purchase Workshops
– Pre-purchase Counseling
– Pre-purchase Homebuyer Education Workshops
– Predatory Lending Education Workshops
– Rental Housing Counseling
– Rental Housing Workshops
– Resolving/Preventing Mortgage Delinquency Workshops
– Services for Homeless Counseling
Languages: – English
– Spanish
Affiliation:
Website: http://www.chapa.org
Agency ID: 81504
Agency Name: MONEY MANAGEMENT INTERNATIONAL – BOSTON
Phone: 866-232-9080
Toll Free: 866-232-9080
Fax: 866-921-5129
Email: counselinginfo@moneymanagement.org
Address: 225 Franklin St Fl 26
Boston, Massachusetts 02110-2853
Counseling Services: – Financial Management/Budget Counseling
– Mortgage Delinquency and Default Resolution Counseling
– Non-Delinquency Post Purchase Workshops
– Pre-purchase Counseling
– Pre-purchase Homebuyer Education Workshops
– Rental Housing Counseling
– Services for Homeless Counseling
Languages: – English
– Spanish
Affiliation: MONEY MANAGEMENT INTERNATIONAL INC.
Website: http://www.moneymanagement.org
Agency ID: 83200
Agency Name: NID-HCA PHIPPS
Phone: 617-296-3693
Toll Free:
Fax: 617-855-6001
Email: Latishacarlisle@nidonline.org
Address: 150 Belgrade Avenue
BOSTON, Massachusetts 02131-2433
Counseling Services: – Fair Housing Pre-Purchase Education Workshops
– Financial Management/Budget Counseling
– Home Improvement and Rehabilitation Counseling
– Mortgage Delinquency and Default Resolution Counseling
– Non-Delinquency Post Purchase Workshops
– Pre-purchase Counseling
– Pre-purchase Homebuyer Education Workshops
– Predatory Lending Education Workshops
– Rental Housing Counseling
– Services for Homeless Counseling
Languages: – English
– Spanish
Affiliation: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REAL ESTATE BROKERS-INVESTMENT DIVISION, INC
Website: www.nidhousing.com/
Agency ID: 83854
Agency Name: ALLSTON BRIGHTON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORP.
Phone: 617-787-3874
Toll Free:
Fax: 617-787-0425
Email: contact@allstonbrightoncdc.org
Address: 18R Shepard St Ste 100
Brighton, Massachusetts 02135-3302
Counseling Services: – Fair Housing Pre-Purchase Education Workshops
– Financial Management/Budget Counseling
– Pre-purchase Counseling
– Pre-purchase Homebuyer Education Workshops
– Predatory Lending Education Workshops
– Rental Housing Counseling
Languages: – English
Affiliation: CITIZENS’ HOUSING AND PLANNING ASSOCIATION, INC.
Website: https://allstonbrightoncdc.org/
Agency ID: 81566
Agency Name: CHELSEA RESTORATION CORPORATION
Phone: 617-889-2277
Toll Free:
Fax:
Email: N/A
Address: 154 Pearl St Ofc 2
Chelsea, Massachusetts 02150-2868
Counseling Services: – Financial Management/Budget Counseling
– Mortgage Delinquency and Default Resolution Counseling
– Non-Delinquency Post Purchase Workshops
– Pre-purchase Counseling
– Pre-purchase Homebuyer Education Workshops
– Resolving/Preventing Mortgage Delinquency Workshops
Languages: – English
– Spanish
Affiliation:
Website: http://www.Chelsearestoration.org
Agency ID: 84144
Agency Name: CODMAN SQUARE NEIGHBORHOOD DEV. CORP.
Phone: 617-825-4224
Toll Free:
Fax:
Email: N/A
Address: 587 Washington St
Dorchester, Massachusetts 02124-2033
Counseling Services: – Mortgage Delinquency and Default Resolution Counseling
– Non-Delinquency Post Purchase Workshops
– Pre-purchase Counseling
– Pre-purchase Homebuyer Education Workshops
– Rental Housing Counseling
Languages: – Cantonese
– Creole
– English
– Spanish
Affiliation: NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT CORP. DBA NEIGHBORWORKS AMERICA
Website: http://www.csndc.com
Agency ID: 84269
Agency Name: MASSACHUSETTS AFFORDABLE HOUSING ALLIANCE
Phone: 617-265-8995
Toll Free:
Fax: 617-265-7503
Email: mcrockett@mahahome.com
Address: 1803 Dorchester Ave
DORCHESTER, Massachusetts 02124-2530
Counseling Services: – Home Improvement and Rehabilitation Counseling
– Non-Delinquency Post Purchase Workshops
– Pre-purchase Counseling
– Pre-purchase Homebuyer Education Workshops
Languages: – English
– Spanish
Affiliation: CITIZENS’ HOUSING AND PLANNING ASSOCIATION, INC.
Website: http://www.mahahome.org
Agency ID: 81568
Agency Name: VIETNAMESE AMERICAN INITIATIVE FOR DEVELOPMENT, INC. (VIET AID)
Phone: 617-822-3717-26
Toll Free:
Fax:
Email: namphuong@vietaid.org
Address: 42 Charles Street, Suite E
DORCHESTER, Massachusetts 02122-1441
Counseling Services: – Financial Management/Budget Counseling
– Home Improvement and Rehabilitation Counseling
– Mortgage Delinquency and Default Resolution Counseling
– Non-Delinquency Post Purchase Workshops
– Pre-purchase Counseling
– Pre-purchase Homebuyer Education Workshops
– Predatory Lending Education Workshops
– Rental Housing Counseling
Languages: – English
– Vietnamese
Affiliation: NATIONAL CAPACD
Website: www.vietaid.org
Agency ID: 82541
Agency Name: NEIGHBORHOOD OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING, INC.
Phone: 617-418-8246
Toll Free:
Fax:
Email: linda@noahcdc.org
Address: 143 Border St
EAST BOSTON, Massachusetts 02128-1903
Counseling Services: – Financial Management/Budget Counseling
– Mortgage Delinquency and Default Resolution Counseling
– Non-Delinquency Post Purchase Workshops
– Pre-purchase Counseling
– Pre-purchase Homebuyer Education Workshops
– Predatory Lending Education Workshops
Languages: – English
– Spanish
Affiliation: NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT CORP. DBA NEIGHBORWORKS AMERICA
Website: http://www.noahcdc.org
Agency ID: 80553
Agency Name: CATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICES – FALL RIVER
Phone: 508-674-4681
Toll Free:
Fax: 508-675-2224
Email: martha@cssdioc.org
Address: 1600 Bay St
Fall River, Massachusetts 02724-1216
Counseling Services: – Fair Housing Pre-Purchase Education Workshops
– Financial Management/Budget Counseling
– Financial, Budgeting, and Credit Workshops
– Mortgage Delinquency and Default Resolution Counseling
– Non-Delinquency Post Purchase Workshops
– Pre-purchase Counseling
– Pre-purchase Homebuyer Education Workshops
– Predatory Lending Education Workshops
– Rental Housing Counseling
– Rental Housing Workshops
– Resolving/Preventing Mortgage Delinquency Workshops
– Services for Homeless Counseling
Languages: – English
– Portuguese
– Spanish
Affiliation:
Website: http://www.cssdioc.org/
Agency ID: 81032
Agency Name: NEWVUE COMMUNITIES, INC.
Phone: 978-342-9561
Toll Free:
Fax:
Email: N/A
Address: 470 Main St
Fitchburg, Massachusetts 01420-8173
Counseling Services: – Mortgage Delinquency and Default Resolution Counseling
– Pre-purchase Counseling
– Pre-purchase Homebuyer Education Workshops
Languages: – English
– Spanish
Affiliation: NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT CORP. DBA NEIGHBORWORKS AMERICA
Website: http://www.nvcomm.org
Agency ID: 81115
Agency Name: HOUSING ASSISTANCE CORP.
Phone: 508-771-5400
Toll Free:
Fax:
Email: N/A
Address: 460 W Main St
Hyannis, Massachusetts 02601-3653
Counseling Services: – Financial Management/Budget Counseling
– Financial, Budgeting, and Credit Workshops
– Home Improvement and Rehabilitation Counseling
– Mortgage Delinquency and Default Resolution Counseling
– Non-Delinquency Post Purchase Workshops
– Pre-purchase Counseling
– Pre-purchase Homebuyer Education Workshops
– Rental Housing Counseling
– Rental Housing Workshops
– Reverse Mortgage Counseling
– Services for Homeless Counseling
Languages: – English
– Portuguese
– Spanish
Affiliation: THE HOUSING PARTNERSHIP NETWORK
Website: http://www.haconcapecod.org
Agency ID: 81407
Agency Name: HOUSING SOLUTIONS FOR SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS
Phone: 781-422-4214
Toll Free:
Fax:
Email: N/A
Address: 169 Summer St
Kingston, Massachusetts 02364-1220
Counseling Services: – Mortgage Delinquency and Default Resolution Counseling
– Non-Delinquency Post Purchase Workshops
– Pre-purchase Counseling
– Pre-purchase Homebuyer Education Workshops
– Predatory Lending Education Workshops
– Rental Housing Counseling
Languages: – Creole
– English
– French
– Portuguese
– Spanish
Affiliation: THE HOUSING PARTNERSHIP NETWORK
Website: http://www.housingsolutionssema.org
Agency ID: 82790
Agency Name: ACT LAWRENCE, INC FORMERLY ARLINGTON COMMUNITY TRABAJANDO, INC
Phone: 978-685-6274
Toll Free:
Fax: 978-683-6367
Email: ana@actlawrence.org
Address: 15 Union St Fl 4
Suite #409
Entrance C
Lawrence, Massachusetts 01840-1866
Counseling Services: – Fair Housing Pre-Purchase Education Workshops
– Financial Management/Budget Counseling
– Financial, Budgeting, and Credit Workshops
– Mortgage Delinquency and Default Resolution Counseling
– Non-Delinquency Post Purchase Workshops
– Pre-purchase Counseling
– Pre-purchase Homebuyer Education Workshops
– Predatory Lending Education Workshops
– Rental Housing Counseling
– Rental Housing Workshops
– Resolving/Preventing Mortgage Delinquency Workshops
Languages: – English
– Spanish
Affiliation:
Website: http://www.actlawrence.org
Agency ID: 83831
Agency Name: CENTRO DE APOYO FAMILIAR – CENTER FOR ASSISTANCE FAMILIES
Phone: 301-328-3292
Toll Free:
Fax:
Email: wpool@myfac.org
Address: 375 Common St
LAWRENCE, Massachusetts 01840-1268
Counseling Services: – Fair Housing Pre-Purchase Education Workshops
– Financial Management/Budget Counseling
– Financial, Budgeting, and Credit Workshops
– Mortgage Delinquency and Default Resolution Counseling
– Non-Delinquency Post Purchase Workshops
– Pre-purchase Counseling
– Pre-purchase Homebuyer Education Workshops
– Predatory Lending Education Workshops
– Resolving/Preventing Mortgage Delinquency Workshops
Languages: – English
– Spanish
Affiliation: CENTRO DE APOYO FAMILIAR (CAF)
Website: wpoll@myfac.org
Agency ID: 90396
Agency Name: LAWRENCE COMMUNITYWORKS, INC.
Phone: 978-685-3115
Toll Free:
Fax: 978-683-3946
Email: kserrano-deje@lawrencecommunityworks.org
Address: 168 Newbury Street
Our House Campus
LAWRENCE, Massachusetts 01841-3910
Counseling Services: – Mortgage Delinquency and Default Resolution Counseling
– Non-Delinquency Post Purchase Workshops
– Pre-purchase Counseling
– Pre-purchase Homebuyer Education Workshops
Languages: – English
– Spanish
Affiliation: UNIDOS US
Website: http://www.lawrencecommunityworks.org
Agency ID: 83884
Agency Name: NACA (NEIGHBORHOOD ASSISTANCE CORPORATION OF AMERICA) LAWRENCE, MA
Phone: 978-687-3993
Toll Free: 617-250-6222
Fax: 877-329-6222
Email: N/A
Address: 261 Common St
Lawrence, Massachusetts 01840-1407
Counseling Services: – Fair Housing Pre-Purchase Education Workshops
– Financial Management/Budget Counseling
– Mortgage Delinquency and Default Resolution Counseling
– Non-Delinquency Post Purchase Workshops
– Pre-purchase Counseling
– Pre-purchase Homebuyer Education Workshops
– Predatory Lending Education Workshops
Languages: – English
– Spanish
Affiliation: NEIGHBORHOOD STABILIZATION CORPORATION (NACA COUNSELING SUBSIDIARY)
Website: https://www.naca.com
Agency ID: 84361
Agency Name: MERRIMACK VALLEY HOUSING PARTNERSHIP
Phone: 978-459-8490
Toll Free:
Fax: 978-459-0194
Email: jim@mvhp.org
Address: 67 Middle Street, Suite 501
LOWELL, Massachusetts 01852-1868
Counseling Services: – Pre-purchase Counseling
Languages: – Arabic
– Cambodian
– English
– Other
– Spanish
Affiliation: CITIZENS’ HOUSING AND PLANNING ASSOCIATION, INC.
Website: www.mvhp.org
Agency ID: 81011
Agency Name: NAVICORE SOLUTIONS – MANSFIELD, MA
Phone: 732-409-6281
Toll Free: 866-472-4557
Fax: 732-863-5052
Email: housing@navicoresolutions.org
Address: 20 Cabot Blvd
Suite 300
Mansfield, Massachusetts 02048-1158
Counseling Services: – Financial Management/Budget Counseling
– Financial, Budgeting, and Credit Workshops
– Home Improvement and Rehabilitation Counseling
– Mortgage Delinquency and Default Resolution Counseling
– Non-Delinquency Post Purchase Workshops
– Pre-purchase Counseling
– Rental Housing Counseling
– Resolving/Preventing Mortgage Delinquency Workshops
Languages: – English
Affiliation: GARDEN STATE CONSUMER CREDIT COUNSELING, INC. D/B/A/ NAVICORE SOLUTIONS
Website: http://www.navicoresolutions.org
Agency ID: 90196
Agency Name: CATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICES
Phone: 508-674-4681-131
Toll Free:
Fax: 508-675-2224
Email: mlv@cssdioc.org
Address: 59 Rockland St
NEW BEDFORD, Massachusetts 02740-4751
Counseling Services: – Fair Housing Pre-Purchase Education Workshops
– Financial Management/Budget Counseling
– Mortgage Delinquency and Default Resolution Counseling
– Non-Delinquency Post Purchase Workshops
– Pre-purchase Counseling
– Pre-purchase Homebuyer Education Workshops
– Predatory Lending Education Workshops
– Rental Housing Counseling
– Services for Homeless Counseling
Languages: – English
– Portuguese
– Spanish
Affiliation: CATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICES – FALL RIVER
Website: http://www.cssdioc.org
Agency ID: 81050
Agency Name: VALLEY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
Phone: 413-586-5855
Toll Free: